Whip-lock.



S. C. KEARNEY.

WHIP LOOK.

APPLIOATION rILBD JAN. s, 1914.

Patented Aug. 18, 1914.

STANLEY C. KEARNEY, 0F WILKES-BARRE, PENNSYLVANIA.

WHIP-LOCK.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Application filed January 5, 1914.

;atented A110'. 18, 1914. serial No. 810,443.

To all Lo/1.0m it may concern Be it known that I, STANLEY (l. KnAnNnY, a citizen of the United States, residing at lVilkes-Barre, in the county of Luzerne, State of Pennsylvania, have invented certain .new and useful Improvements in W'hip- Locks; and I do hereby declare the following` to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

The present invention is directed to improveniente in whip locks, and has for its object to so constri'iet a device of this character that the whip can be easily and quickly locked in the socket.

A further object of the invention is to provide a whip socket with a simple form of lock so as to prevent removal of the whip from the sock-et by an imauthorized person.

NV ith these and other objects in view, this invention resides in the novel features of construction, forniation, combination and arrangement of parts to be hereinafter more fully described, claimed and illustrated in the accompanying drawing, in which Figure l is a front elevation of thc device. Fig. 2 is a vertical central sectional view through the device. Fig. 3 is a sectional view on the line 8-3 of Fig. l. F Ll is a detail perspective view of the locking device, removed from the socket.

Referring` to the drawing` the numeral 1 designates a socket of the conventional form, the same being attached to the dash board of the vehicle iu the usual manner.

A split ba'nd 2 is provided, and consists of sections 3 and 1i, the same being curved to conform to the curvature of the socket l, said sections being hingedly connected at one of their ends, as indicated at The sectie-n il has its free end provided with a lock casing 6, the locking mechanism contained therein being of any well known form, and adapted to cooperate with the shackle 7 carried by the free end of the sec tion 3. The shackle 7 may be readily unlocked upon inserting a key in the key-hole 8. The sections 3 and 4l are each provided with horizontally disposed webs S), the same being formed integral with the upper edges of said sections and have their inner edges curved so as to conform to the curvature 0f the annular groove l() carried by the sleeve 11 said -sleeve being fixed in any suitable 55 manner to the whip butt l2. The section Li is riveted or otherwise suitably secured to the upper end of the socket 1, and in a position so that the web 9 thereof engages over the upper edge of the socket so as to conveniently engage the annular groove 10 of the sleeve ll., it being of course understood that the web 9 of the section $3 also engages said groove, and when the shackle 7 is locked in the casing (i it is obvious that the removal of the whip from the socket is positively prevented. .lt will be noted that the section 3. being hingedly coimected to the section it may be readily swung' outwardly so that the web thereof will disengage the groove .10, whereupon the whip may be removed.

From the foregoing tilescription it will be apparent that a lock for whips has been provided which may be easily and quickly applied to a socket of the conventional form.

The section is provided with a pin 13, which is adapted to engage the perforation ll; formed in the socket l, and when engaged thus the section 3 will be firmly secured.

That is claimed is The combination with a whip socket, of a whip cngageable therein, a sleeve carried by the whip and having an annular groove therein. a sectional band, one of said sections being ixed to the socket and the other being 85 free to swing toward or away from the socket, said sections having webs formed integral with their upper edges for engaging said groove when the free ends of the seetions are interlocked and means for posi- 90 tively locking the sections together.

In testimony whereof, I aflix my signature, in the presence of two witnesses.

STANLEY C. KEARNEY.

lifitnesses:

ALunnT S. JONES, (l. Buien'.

Copies of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressing the Commissioner of Patents,

Washington, D. U. 

